We know where they're hiding

GoogleNASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has found evidence of caves on Mars that could harbor life on the planet, now or in the past.

The quiet, benign weather of this September is set to continue to close out the month.

We're looking at a forecast high temperature of 77 today, some five degrees above normal, under sunny skies. Strong high pressure --- what else is new? --- is in control.

The high will veer off to our east by tomorrow, establishing a return flow that will not only boost temperatures but the humidity as well. Although our nights are gradually getting cooler with the season, the daytime hours will still feel like summer this week.

The next cold front isn't due to arrive until the end of the work week, so let's find something else to talk about --- like aliens!

Well, not aliens exactly, but NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft has found something interesting on the red planet --- caves!

The caves, which were detected via temperature differentials, could either harbor microbial life or perhaps once did. Well, not these particular caves, given their extreme altitude on a volcano near Mars' tallest mountain, but if we've found these caves surely there must be others at lower elevations.